Standard: Communication

201.2.1

Use appropriate listening skills (e.g., do not interrupt, face speaker, ask questions).

201.2.2

Listen attentively to speaker for specific information.

201.2.3

Understand and follow multi-step oral directions.

201.2.5

Use rules for conversation (e.g., take turns and focus attention on speaker.)

201.2.8

Participate in group discussion. Work productively in group discussion for a particular purpose (e.g., respond to literature, solve a problem, and plan a project). Ask and respond to questions from teacher and other members.

201.2.10

Recite poems, stories, and songs.

Standard: Language

201.1.2

Use capitals letters correctly (i.e., first and last names, pronoun I, proper nouns, first word of a sentence).

201.1.3

Identify and use correct punctuation at the end of declarative, exclamatory and interrogative sentences.

201.1.5

Understand that a sentence is a group of words that has a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought.

201.1.6

Identify and correctly write complete sentences.

201.1.9

Show evidence of expanding language through vocabulary growth.

Build vocabulary by reading, listening to, and discussing a variety of literature.

Use word families and a variety of active word walls.

201.1.10

Maintain phonemic awareness through rearrangement of letters sounds of a given word to create new words (e.g., top to pot; sub to bus). Use sound stretching of one-syllable words to identify each phoneme. Use sound blending of each separately spoken phoneme to make meaningful words. Segment one –syllable words into individual sounds and blend the sounds into whole words. Identify and produce rhyming words. Recognize words that have the same beginning, middle or ending sounds. Understand words are made up of one or more syllables. Add, delete, and change targeted sounds to change words.

201.1.11

Apply phonics generalizations in order to decode words in the following ways:

Continue to decode grade level words that are grade level appropriate.

Apply long and short vowel rules when decoding text.

Standard: Literature

201.8.1

Read fables, folk tales, poetry, nonfiction, short stories, and chapter books.

201.8.4 Preview words necessary for understanding a reading selection.

201.8.5

Begin to create and utilize graphic organizers.

201.8.7

Participate in shared reading and small group guided reading

201.8.9

Read orally with fluency and accuracy, using appropriate pacing and expression.

Standard: Media

201.7.2

Experience and respond to a variety of media (e.g., books, audio, video, ipods, computers and illustrations.)

201.7.3

Visit libraries/media centers and regularly check out materials.

Standard: Logic

None

Standard: Writing

201.3.6

Use temporary/creative spelling to spell independently while transitioning to standard spelling in first drafts.

201.3.5

Compose first drafts using the appropriate parts of the writing process with an emphasis on planning, organizing, and self-correcting

201.3.9

Create legible documents for reading by forming legible letters and utilizing correct spacing.

201.3.10

Evaluate own and other people’s written work through small group discussion and shared work.

201.3.11

Incorporate suggestions from teachers and peers.

201.3.13

Incorporate photographs or illustrations in written work.

Standard: Research

201.4.5

Recognize and identify a variety of print and electronic resources available for information.